Spokeshave



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H. D. LANFAIR. SPOKE SHAVE.

No. 508,427. PatentedNov. 14, 1893.

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HERBERT D. LANFAIR, OF ERVING, ASSIGNOR TO THE MILLERS FALLS COMPANY, OFMILLERS FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS.

SPOKESHAV E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 508,427, dated November14, 1893. Application filed July 73, 189 3- Serial No. 479,446. (NomgdelJ To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERBERT D. LANFAIR, of Erving, in the county ofFranklin and State of Massachusetts, have inventeda certain new anduseful Improvement in Spokeshaves, of which the following, taken inconnection with $16 accompanying drawings, is a specifica- My inventionrelates to spoke shaves, used by hand, upon a great variety of work.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The particular part of the spoke shave to which my present inventionrelates is the shoe, so called, and isthe bearin g surface upon whichthe face part of the shave rests while in operation.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan view of a spoke shave, theface or shoe side shown upward. Fig. 2 represents asectional view online 00-00 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3, represents the shoe detached from thebody.

A is the body of the shave; O, the handles, at either one or both endsof body A.

B is the shoe. I

The body A. is preferably formed of metal in the usual manner. The bladeor cutter D, is secured to thebody A, by screws dorotherwell knownmeans. The bod'y, A, at points indicated by letter g. is slotted, sothat the ends of shoe B, made with a tenon, at either end, indicated byb, will fit the slots, and the shoe will be held in place in the slotsby set screws a. a. The inner edge of the shoe B next the cutter orblade, of course is placed nearly to the edge of the blade, the openingbeing varied to suit the work, and the shavings or chips will pass upthrough this opening and be discharged in the usual manner.

The shoe-B. is formed removable and it being formed alike at both endsI), b, is also re versible. The shoe B, being so made adj ustable andalso removable and the ends formed alike and consequently reversible,end for end, the shoe is further provided with four faces, indicated byc. c. 0 and 0 Now by reversing the shoe B. and also by simply turning itover, we will have formed four distinct bearings or surfaces for theshave, and of course, adapted to different styles of work.

Now, by referring to Fig.3, the faces 0. 0'. c and 0 will be seen to beflat, oval, beveled and rounding, and they may be varied to best suitall ordinary work to which this class of tool is adapted.

If expedient several shoes may be provided to each shave and by thismeans a great variety of form of faces may be easily provided. One shoesimilar to the one illustrated in Fig. 3. will cover all ordinary Work.Theshoe B. being adjustable in the slots at g, g, as described and theshoe being held at anypoint by set screws or. a. acting upon the tenonsb. b. the width of the opening can be adjusted to a nicety; forinstance, if the work is very hard and of fine grain, the opening can bemade very small, or it can be made very large, and it also allows theuse of cutters or blades of difierent thicknesses with equal facilityand adjustment as to opening.

The principal point of novelty aside from that already named is thereversibility both as to side and ends, whereby the shoe provides fourdifferent and distinct forms of faces or surfaces.

I do not confine myself to the precise form of faces shown in Fig. 3, asthe shoe may be made with concave, convex, flat, oval, round, orirregular surfaces or bearings and the removable shoe can be thusadapted to any style or kind of work.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States, is

In a spoke shave, the shoeB. provided with the tenons b. b. and two ormore faces and adapted to be removably and reversibly secured to theshave body by suitable means, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

In witness whereof I have subscribed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 17th day of June, A.D. 1893.

HERBERT D; .L ANFAIR.

Witnesses:

GEO. E. ROGERS, H. E. GooDELL.

